Closing this blog

I´m sad to say it but I decided to close this blog. I was thinking about it for a long time. I always wanted to make it easier to read my blog so I did this one in english. But it´s hard to keep two blogs up to date and this blog hasn´t that many visitors.
I would be very happy if you still like to read about me on my "main" blog. I know it´s german but I added a google-translation tool. I don´t like to keep it bi-langual because I think that´s hard to read in my oppinion. And I would also be happy if those of you that have linked this blog now will link to my other blog!

You can now find me here: Conibaer´s creative desk

Hope to see you there! :o) ~*Coni*~

Reindeer-Trekking

Andi, my sister Carola and I went to met some reindeers last saturday. We had a date with them to go for a walk. Andi and I got coupons for it and he was so excited to actually see the animals and spend the afternoon with them! And I have to admit: it was AWESOME! The weather was great and even though it was cold we weren´t freezing. The walk through the forest kept us warm. ;o) And aren´t reindeers beautiful?


Just look at these dark eyes! *lol*

Every reindeer was led by two of us. They are pretty strong and you´ll never know what they´ll do next so this is the safest way.

As a scrapbooker I took lots of pictures! ;o) And of corse I needed a pic of Andi, me and a reindeer. Unfortunatly I haven´t one with the three of us (including my sister). What you don´t see on the next pic is that the reindeer stood with one of his legs on my foot! I´m so glad that doesn´t hurt. It´s not like it would be when a horse does it!


We really had tons of fun and I´m already looking forward to scrap those pics!

Have a great day! I´ll be back soon with a LO I finally finished yesterday! - ~*Coni*~

Lucky

I have been creative lately - not as much as I would have loved to be but I got some stuff done. :o) First I did a LO about my still favorite subject Andi! I´m just so happy to have him in my life! So I try to celebrate it in my scrapbooks too.

Here´s a close-up:

I love shaped LOs at the moment. I found this shape in the internet and loved it at once. So I asked Andi if he could do it for me so I could cut it with my Cricut. And he surely did! :o) And I used my new Martha Steward border-punch again. I just love the look of it!

Since I took down all the christmas-decorations I wanted to do something romantic. So I bought some stuff and decorated our home in a new way. It was so much fun. I think I had forgotten how much I love to decorate our home! Here is something I did:


Here´s a closer look:


I think the green berries look like they have ice on them so it still looks like winter. ;o) For my desk I found this beautiful frame at IKEA. When I saw it I new I wanted to put a decorated picture of our wedding inside.


Yes, I used my Martha Stewart pounch again. *lol* And I just love this pic! We both laugh while we are on our way and I think this is like it should be: walking happy together in our lifes. :D

Last saturday I went to a sewing workshop again. The theme was "Purses" and I sew this shoulderbag:



It´s about 17 inches wide and rellay works well for all thr stuff I always carry with me. The pattern, the fabric and the ribbon too are "Tilda". I´m still a big fan of this stuff!

And before I finally close this post for today I´ll introduce you to Curtis:

Andi sew this little guy for me. Isn´t he adorable? All I had to do was the nose. But that´s nothing to the sewing my lovely dh did! How can I NOT love this wonderful man???

That´s it for today again! I hope to be back soon! I promised my friend Michele to do two LOs till saturday (last week...). The second one is still on my desk because I´m still not that satisfied. I hope you don´t mind Michele! I hope to do more soon!

Have a great day! ~*Coni*~

Happy Mail

A few minutes ago the doorbell rang and the postman brought a great surprise! It was a package from my dear friend Joy from the States! She just send it a few days ago and it´s already here! *woohoo* It came just perfect because I have a big cold since yesterday and don´t feel well. But now I´m feeling better! *lol* Here´s what she send:


Cool, isn´t it? and since our night at the movies is cancelled because of my cold I guess I´ll play with my new stuff now! ;o)

I did a new card for my Stampin´Up!-workshops to show to the guest. There´s not much stamping included but I finally used the cute papers and the "Pretties Kit".


I Think it turns out cute. Tell me what you think about it! I know there aren´t lots of people reading this blog but I know some people do! ;o)

Have a great weekend!
~*Coni*~

Happy new year!

I hope you started the new year with a lot of fun! Have a great new year! Stay healthy and may some of your dreams come true!

I made some resolutions for 2009. I know, I know: most resolutions fail in the first month. But I wanna try it though! ;o) I signed up for the Big Picture-class "A life well crafted" with Kolette and Jason Hall. The class started yesterday and so far I love it! And I think it´ll help me to make some of my resolutions work! :o) My most important goal right now is to become healthy. I had lots of healthy problems during the last month (as I mentioned before). To reach this goal I want to have less stress and do some sports again. So I decided to spend one hour of "me-time" each and every day. I´ll be creative just for fun, watch TV, read or do wantever is on my mind at the moment. And I´ll definatly spend some precious time with Andi! Our little family is the most important thing in my life and I wanna enjoy it! The other thing I´m going to do is to exercise every other day for 30 minutes. I hope that these first little steps will help me to rech my goal!

I sew a flying pig and finished it on new years eve. I think it´s a great lucky charm for 2009. It´s hanging by my desk now. This way it´s a constant reminder for the luck in my life too: my family and friends, our safe home, my job and so much more. I wanted to share it with you:


Here´s it´s nice smile in the portrait! *lol*


It was fun to sew it but I guess I need to exercise some more with sewing ears or legs to a body! *lol* But I like the result! The pattern is from Tone Finnanger. I still love her Tilda-stuff! My friend Katarina bought some crafting stuff from Tilda for me and I just adore it!!! Thanks Katarina! *hug* I´m sure I´ll use it soon!

Have a great day!

~*Coni*~

The year comes to an end...

I first thought that I would be happy to leave 2008 behind. But after I thought about it a little more I think 2008 was ok. I had a lot of problems with my health but I´m sure they will not suddenly vanish because it´s 2009 now! ;o) And I had some great times in 2008 too! We went on our honeymoon, moved in a great new home, I made lots of new friends (even international!) and enjoyed some great time being creative. And best of all: I spend precious time with my family and friends! Thanks to all of you that have been at my side this year! *hugs*

Surely I can´t finish my blogyear without something creative! :o) Here´s a new kind of box I did. I saw something like it here. But be carefully if you go there! Danielle has some really gorgeous stuff on her blog! Tons of inspiration! Here´s my box:


I think the mini-hÄnglar & stÄnglars are just perfect for this kind of box! :o)


Ok, that´s it for 2008! Enjoy new years eve and have fun tonight! Hope to see you in 2009 again! - Coni

1 year ...

... and one day ago this pic was taken.

We had our 1. wedding-anniversary yesterday. I can´t believe that it´s already one year!! But I´m sure that this was the bestest day of my life! I married the love of my life and I´m really grateful that I have this great man as my husband!!!

If you need proof of this I can tell you that he is always there when I need him! He´s my best friend too. You wanna see it yourselve that he´s great??? Ok, than I´ll show you his x-mas gift for me ;o) :

Any more questions? :o) This sewing- & stiching-mashine is so awesome!!! I´m not sure if there´s anything she can´t do! Andi says I just wanted it because it looks so beautiful. *lol* And to be honest: it looks beautiful, doesn´t it?? :D But it has so many options like f.e. that it has a USB-port so you could use it with you computer!!! And last but not least: it´s fun to sew with! I started with simple things and than I finished this bag that I started in my sewing-class:

The pattern and the fabric is from Amy Butler. I really love her stuff! I´m sure I´ll sew this cute little bag again!

Before I close this post for today I´ll show you so more of my christmascards for this year:

The next card is not "typical Coni" I think. It´s an image by Thomas Kinkade. I like his stuff and the stamps. But it´s really hard to color them. Here I used my pastels and later highlighted the lightbulbs with stickles.


When you move the card it looks like the lights are shining. I like this card but I´ve heard that a lot of people don´t like this kind of stamps and prefere my "typical Coni-style" more. Whatever: I´m sure there will be more cards like this one!

Hope you´ll have a wonderful day!

For Katarina

Usually I don´t participate in Blog-candies, but this is a very special one: My friend Katarina from Sweden is celebration 10 years with the love of her life Bengt. She´s such a wonderful person and does beautiful creations! I love the idea of her candy because she wants to spread the LOVE with it! Every time someone joins she will add something to her candy because love grows when you share it! Isn´t that a wonderful idea???
I´ve you wanna join too, go HERE!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY my friend! *hug*

Tagged

Alicia tagged me a while ago but it got lost a while. But here I am to answer all the questions! :o)

Ten years ago:
I was definatly younger! :o) I did the same job, just broke up with my boyfriend and lived on my own for the first time (I lived with my sister before). Honestly I don´t wanna go back! Just having a younger body would be nice. *lol*

Five things on today's to-do list:
Working
Meeting dh
Drive with him to his parents in Duesseldorf for the weekend
Hopefully checking mails
Hopefully have a little nap in the car! ;o)

A snack I enjoy:
I just LOVE M&M peanut butter. Sometimes I´m sad they aren´t availible here in Germany but on the other hand this may be better for my body mass index!

Places I have lived:
Ok, I´m boring! I was born in Hamburg, Germany. I was raised here and I still live and work here. I don´t even moved to another part of my town. But hey: I love my hometown! It´s a woderful city everybody should see!

Things I would do if I were a millionaire:
Ok, I guess you mean when I´m REALLY rich!? I would buy a house (and someone else is doing the move for me!!!) and Andi would get his Mustang while I get a Renault Convertible. I would give my sister money and some of my friends too. And I would go on a long vacation with my parents. There are really BIG dreams I have but I will not talk about them because wishes don´t come true if you talk about them, right?

I guess everybody I know was already tagged. So I don´t tag anybody else. If you haven´t been tagged get it here and start answering the questions!

Have a great day! - Coni

I´m back!

The last weeks were very busy because Andi and I move to a new appartment. Wow I can´t tell you how much stuff we had and how much work the move was! I´m just tired now!!!

But now it´s finally done and I can´t tell you how happy that makes me! I promised myself not to move again soon! ;o)

We really love our new appartment. It has 3 1/2 rooms and is 101 m2 big. Every single room (including the kitchen) has access to a balcony and there´s a lot of light! The area we now live in is really beautiful. It´s green and quiete. A lot of our new bneighbors are ducks because there´s a small river next to our house.! ;o) That´s so different to where we´ve lived before. I need to get used to no noise! *lol*

Here are some pics of our new appartment.First our new living-room:

The new place to eat in the kitchen (we painted the walls lilac and I love it! Unfortunatly ma camara doesn´t...):

A room for our guests:

And finally my new creative area:

Now that everything´s done I wanna be creative again! I had a lot of ideas while we did the move. But sometimes it´s that when there´s time again all the ideas are gone. Di you know that feeling? I want to scrap and stamp again!!! And I need to visit some websites and blogs! Our internet wasn´t working so I couldn´t go online - even if I had a little time. So I´m back to cyber-space again too! *lol*

It´s great to be back! Have a great day!

I LOVE Elmo!

I confess: I´m a huge fan of little Elmo! Unfortunatly he isn´t a part of the german Sesamestreet but with You Tube around this is no longer a problem. :o) I finally felt in love when I saw this video with Sugarland (and I love Sugarland too!)!



And those who like that video will definatly love this one when Andrea Boccelli brings Elmo to bed.



Isn´t that cute???

And since I play with my Cricut a lot at the moment Andi did this for me *hehe*:


So for today I just say kiss , kiss! :o)

You make my day-award

I recieved this blog-award from the lovely Michele. I´m really honored!!! Thanks so much!

It´s my time now to give this blog to five other bloggers that make my day. Since I can´t giv it back and don´t wanna give it to somebody that already got it here´s my choice:

Alicia: You wanted the award so here it is! ;o) I really love reading your blog! You write like an autor and always make me smile! I don´t know you very long but I feel like I found a friend! Can´t wait to meet you!!!

Suzy: I regulary visit your blog. I always like your stuff! I´m really sorry about your hard times and hope I could make you smile a little recieving this award! *hug*

Melanie: I really love to read about your faith in god and see your wonderful creations! You rock!
Kate: You are one of my creative inspirations! I absolutly love your style and every time I see one of your LOs I wanna lift it!

Ok, and the last one is for all the other great bloggers out there! ;o) There are sooo many rocking bloggers! I love to visit so many blogs!!! And I still hope there will be even more blogs soon!

Have a great day! - Coni

Tagged

I´ve been tagged by JayJay. Ok, I´ll aswer the questions: ;o)

4 jobs i've had:
flower delivery-girl
magazine delivery-girl
leader of a youth group
doing taxes for the state (Don´t know any english name for it! ;o) )

4 movies I've seen:
Wedding Planner
Enchanted
Lord of the rings
The Notebook

4 places I've been:
Tunesia
Egypt
Florida
Italy

4 places I've lived:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Hamburg
Hamburg (I didn´t even change the district! *lol*)

4 tv programs I watch:
According to Jim
Heros
Charmed
Bones

4 radioshows:
NDR2 (at work & in the car)
Kickin´Country (online at home)
...

4 favorite foods
ice-cream
chocolate
pasta
Burgers

4 places I'd rather be:
in my creative corner at home
on the beach in Fort Lauderdale
shopping in a scrapbook-store
in my bed!

4 next victims: I hope you'll enjoy it :)
Michele
Kate
Suzy
Melanie

Austria

I promised some pics and I´m sorry it took so long to upload them!

We had a great time visiting Andis sister and her family in Austria! The landscape is really amazing and the weather was wonderful. We enjoyed sunshine every day!

When we flu over the Alpen the sight was so great! I love seeing the mountains. Where I live mountains are far away.


We spend a lot of time with the familie and chatted a lot. Andi really loves his sister and so they had to keep up with anything they didn´t talk about on the phone! ;o)

One afternoon we hiked a little. We went to the Hemmaberg (a nearby mountain) and had this faboulous sight over the landscape:


I was gald we could go most of the way by car because the rest of the way we went by feet was hard for us! I guess we need to do more sports - or even ANY sports!!! *lol*

We came to a church and this tree stands right next to it. It´s more than 1.000 years old! I love to see these old trees. Imagine all the stuff this tree has seen and hopefully will see!


When we went there the lights were fantastic and I took sooo many pics! I don´t only take pics from the landscape but some of dh, his sis and our niece too. I asked my sil if she could take one of Andi and me too. So here´s the proof we´ve been there together! ;o)


The evening before we went with bil to try archery (sp?). I´ve tried it once before but it was the first time for Andi. We had so much fun! Ok, we weren´t well but who asked? ;o) We had fun and I think it looks like we are knowing what we do, don´t we? *lol*


I took a LOT of pics while we were in Austria! My favorite "subject" was our adorable niece Lina. She´s such a cutie! It was just fun to play and be with her! This pic is one of my favorites:


I love being an aunt and hope to be a mom myself someday!

I couldn´t stand it and brought something to scrap with me. One morning I found some quiete time to do this mini-album with pics from about our trip to Fort Lauderdale last May. It´s nothing special because I just had some stickers but I like how it turned out


Am I the only one scrapping on vacation? Am I crazy, nuts or stupid??? Please tell me!

Have a great day everybody!

Tagged

I have been tagged by Michele and Suzy! Thanks ladies! *lol*

Here are the rules:
1) You have to post the rules before you give your answers.
2) You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name).
3) After you are tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and your answers. 4)At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.
(Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and that they need to read your blog for details.)


Ok, I don´t have a middle name so I take my maiden name:

G - Genius - I would love to be one! ;o)
I - Inspired by all the great scrappers and stampers out there
R - Reader of love-stories
N - Never endling love and friendship - That´s what I hope for my marrige
D - Dreamer
T - Traveller

Puuuh, that was hard! It´s not easy to do this in english for me! Ok, in german wouldn´t be much easier! ;o)

I have to tag six people now. Anybody interested? Since I saw that most Scrappers from the states are already tagged and I know that a lot of german ones don´t like to be tagged I just ask the readers to do it if you like! ;o) Sorry ladies! I hope nobody minds!

Right now I enjoy my vacation to Austria. We went here to see Andis sister and her family. I´ll show some pics when I´m home!

Happy Valentines!

I promised you to show you what I did for Andi for Valentines. I made this mini-album to show him how much I love him:

I´m so happy he really loves this album! I wanted to do something special and he thinks it´s very special! *yeah*

I also promised to show you what he got for me. He bought this lovely little bracelat for me and I really LOVE it. I´sn´t it beautiful?

We are going to eat out tonight at the same restaurant we celebrated our wedding exactly two month ago. *yummy* Do you also celebrate Valentines? If so: tell me more about yours! As a newly-wed I like to hear all about it! :oD

Have a happy Valentines day! - Love, Coni

A zoo-visit

The weather was so sunny last sunday that Andi and I decided to go to the zoo. I really like the zoo here in Hamburg. It´s a private one and they try to make it the best for the animals. :o)

I took a lot of pics. Here are just a few of them:

Andi love to feed the elephants. But because of the cold weather they were inside where it´s not possible to give them something. But he feeds this little guy:

This cute babygiraffe was just born in January and her parents protected her from all the visitors!

I LOVE flamingos! Don´t ask me why! It´s just this way. Their color is so beautiful! I hope I could see some of them in Florida again that don´t life in a zoo! :o)

I did two more LOs lately. The first one I did for the organization-class again. I started with the pics this time.


After trying different ways to get a LO done I know which is the easiest way for me. I like to start with the story than choose the pic, design, products and tools (in this order). I´m curious to see what this means for my new scrap-space! :o)

The other LO I did was for a challenge at Scraplove. The challenge was to scrap a day in you life. Since I never get a complete day in my life detailed written down I decided to scrap something that´s on my list every day: my pills for my thyroid. :o)

The title is "Every day" and the journaling is about my need to take the pills and that it´s usual and improtant for me to take them.

I did another wedding-LO yeaterday. I couldn´t take a pic because it was too dark but I´ll hope to show it tonight! :o)

Have a great day! - Coni